Aggregating mote-associated log data

• US 20050265388A1
• Filed: 05/12/2004
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TriPlay Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Tegreene, Clarence T., Jung, Edward K.Y.
• Application Number:
  US10/844,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20050265388A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/469
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 9/00 Recording measured values
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Methods and/or systems relating to mote networks having one or more logs.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least a part of one or more mote-addressed logs of the first set of motes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

obtaining a listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein said creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

obtaining a listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs from a multi-mote registry.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein said creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

obtaining a pre-loaded listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein said creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

obtaining a listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs from one or motes to be included in the listing.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein said creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein said creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed spatial/routing log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein said creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least one time stamp of a mote-addressed content log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

receiving at least one time stamp from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

aggregating at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of a multi-mote content log.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

aggregating at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of a multi-mote content log.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein said creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

aggregating at least a part of a time-stamped content log.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein said aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

migrating to a mote of the first set of motes;

installing a multi-mote log creation agent at the mote; and

receiving at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs with the multi-mote log creation unit.

20. A system comprising:

means for aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of one or more mote-addressed logs of the first set of motes.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein said means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for obtaining a listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein said means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for obtaining a listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs from a multi-mote registry.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein said means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for obtaining a pre-loaded listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein said means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for obtaining a listing of one or more motes appropriate to at least one of the one or more multi-mote content logs from one or more motes to be included in the listing.

27. The system of claim 22, wherein said means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

28. The system of claim 22, wherein said means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed spatial/routing log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

29. The system of claim 22, wherein said means for creating one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least one time stamp of a mote-addressed content log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

30. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein said means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein said means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein said means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for receiving at least one time stamp from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first set of motes.

34. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

means for creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein said means for creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for aggregating at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of a multi-mote content log.

36. The system of claim 34, wherein said means for creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for aggregating at least a part of a time-stamped content log.

37. The system of claim 34, wherein said means for creating an aggregate of at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first set of motes further comprises:

means for aggregating at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of a multi-mote content log.

38. The system of claim 20, wherein said means for aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes further comprises:

means for migrating to a mote of the first set of motes;

means for installing a multi-mote log creation agent at the mote; and

means for receiving at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs with the multi-mote log creation unit.

39. A system comprising:

a mote; and

means for aggregating at least a part of one or more mote-addressed content logs from a first set of motes, said means for aggregating proximate to a portion of said mote.

40. A system comprising:

at least one mote; and

at least one multi-mote log creation agent resident in said at least one mote, said at least one multi-mote log creation agent configured to log at least a part of at least one mote-addressed content log.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein said at least one mote-addressed content log further comprises:

at least one of sensing/control information or routing/spatial information of a mote-appropriate device.

42. The system of claim 40, wherein said at least one multi-mote log creation agent further comprises:

a processor configured to obtain at least one of sensing/control information or routing/spatial information.

43. The system of claim 40, wherein said at least one mote comprises:

at least one of a processor, a memory, or a communications device formed from a substrate.

44. A system comprising:

at least one mote; and

at least one multi-mote registry resident in said at least one mote, said at least one multi-mote registry having one or more indicators of one or more motes to be logged.

45. The system of claim 44, wherein the one or more indicators of one or more motes to be logged comprise:

one or more mote-network addresses.